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One of the most widely-read bloggers on emerging recruitment issues in the world. Accomplishments include being named Recruiting.com’s Best Technology Recruitment Blog and Best Recruiting Blog. Joel's been featured in Fast Company magazine, BusinessWeek Magazine, Resumes for Dummies, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal and more. Plug into Joel via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, iTunes, YouTube or Flickr.

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shaker recruitment consultants purchase careersite.com

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Shaker has acquired CareerSite, a Web site platform that provides private-label recruitment sites for traditional and non-traditional media nationwide.

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scoble interviews guy kawasaki

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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interview with oodle

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - With a stable of partnerships that includes Facebook and MySpace, Oodle believes it's uniquely positioned to change the face of online classifieds. They may be onto something. “Facebook chose Oodle for its track record of innovation with online classifieds,” added Facebook’s director of communications, Brandee Barker. “Oodle will be developing and powering an enhanced version of the Marketplace, which will give users new ways to buy, sell, and share listings with the people they know as well as other users on Facebook.” We sat down with Oodle CEO Craig Donato for the skinny.

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employees and bosses suck

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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layoffs hit ontargetjobs network

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - Coal continues to fill the stockings of many job board employees this holiday season. The latest round of layoffs has occurred at onTargetJobs, a network of sites including BioSpace, Hcareers, RegionalHelpWanted.com and JobLoft. "In the six months that I have been here we have been working hard to consolidate the portfolio companies into a single entity with a range of 'niche' product lines," said CEO Mike Tansey. "At the same time that we were doing this we experienced a significant slowdown in certain markets that we anticipate will continue into next year. As a result we made some difficult decisions to consolidate certain functions across all of onTargetJobs. We are continuing to support and develop all of our individual brands." So, how many were laid off? Survey says ...

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cheezhead appears in local t.v. ad

Sunday, December 7, 2008

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ax falling hard at careerbuilder?

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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By Joel Cheesman - We can confirm what has been called by a source as a “massive” layoff tomorrow at CareerBuilder. This round of “rightsizing” is apparently the third since around summer 2008, however the first two were described as “pretty mild” compared to this action. Estimates are putting the number between 200-300, or roughly 10-15 percent of their labor force. Also, unlike earlier cuts, this round allegedly includes executives.

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